Literature & Drama Quiz

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Originating in Japan, a traditional haiku is a short form of poetry consisting of exactly how many total syllables (or phonetic units) spread across three lines?
- A. 15
- B. 17
- C. 21
- D. 12
In Herman Melville's 'Moby-Dick,' who is the obsessive captain of the Pequod seeking revenge on the white whale?
- A. Ishmael
- B. Queequeg
- C. Captain Ahab
- D. Starbuck
In Mary Shelley's 1818 novel 'Frankenstein,' what is the primary motivation for Victor Frankenstein to create the creature?
- A. To conquer death
- B. To win a scientific competition
- C. To create a companion
- D. To prove his father wrong
In the Tennessee Williams play 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' what is the name of the fragile Southern belle who comes to stay with her sister in New Orleans?
- A. Maggie the Cat
- B. Laura Wingfield
- C. Blanche DuBois
- D. Amanda Wingfield
Published in 1925, which classic American novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald explores themes of decadence, idealism, and the hollow nature of the American Dream?
- A. The Catcher in the Rye
- B. The Grapes of Wrath
- C. To Kill a Mockingbird
- D. The Great Gatsby
What is the name of the meticulous, mustache-twirling Belgian detective created by British author Agatha Christie?
- A. Miss Marple
- B. Hercule Poirot
- C. Sherlock Holmes
- D. Philip Marlowe
Who is the author of 'The Catcher in the Rye'?
- A. J.D. Salinger
- B. Mark Twain
- C. F. Scott Fitzgerald
- D. Ernest Hemingway
Which 1958 novel by Chinua Achebe is a foundational work of modern African literature, depicting the clash between Igbo culture and British colonialism?
- A. The River Between
- B. Things Fall Apart
- C. Petals of Blood
- D. Arrow of God
Which Sophocles play is the primary example of a tragedy involving 'fate' and the concept of a self-fulfilling prophecy?
- A. Antigone
- B. Electra
- C. Oedipus Rex
- D. Ajax
In Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World,' what is the name of the drug used by the World State to maintain social stability and happiness?
- A. V-Compound
- B. Soma
- C. Spice
- D. Prozac
Set in a genetically engineered futuristic World State, who is the author of the landmark 1932 dystopian novel "Brave New World"?
- A. Aldous Huxley
- B. George Orwell
- C. Ray Bradbury
- D. H.G. Wells
Who wrote 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'?
- A. Honor de Balzac
- B. Alexander Dumas
- C. Molire
- D. Victor Hugo
Published anonymously in 1818, who authored the groundbreaking Gothic novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus"?
- A. Bram Stoker
- B. Jane Austen
- C. Mary Shelley
- D. Charlotte Bront
Who wrote 'The Odyssey'?
- A. Homer
- B. Socrates
- C. Aristotle
- D. Plato
Who wrote 'The Alchemist'?
- A. Isabel Allende
- B. Paulo Coelho
- C. Gabriel Garca Mrquez
- D. Jorge Luis Borges
Who is the author of '1984'?
- A. Orwell
- B. Golding
- C. Huxley
- D. Bradbury
Who wrote the national anthem of the USA?
- A. Francis Scott Key
- B. Abraham Lincoln
- C. George Washington
- D. John Adams
Who wrote 'Frankenstein'?
- A. Mary Shelley
- B. Emily Bront
- C. Virginia Woolf
- D. Jane Austen
Which Fyodor Dostoevsky novel tells the story of Rodion Raskolnikov, who commits a murder to test his theory of being an 'extraordinary' man?
- A. The Idiot
- B. The Brothers Karamazov
- C. Crime and Punishment
- D. Notes from Underground
Who wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'?
- A. Charlotte Bronte
- B. Mary Shelley
- C. Jane Austen
- D. Louisa May Alcott

Literature & Drama Quiz

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Originating in Japan, a traditional haiku is a short form of poetry consisting of exactly how many total syllables (or phonetic units) spread across three lines?

In Herman Melville's 'Moby-Dick,' who is the obsessive captain of the Pequod seeking revenge on the white whale?

In Mary Shelley's 1818 novel 'Frankenstein,' what is the primary motivation for Victor Frankenstein to create the creature?

In the Tennessee Williams play 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' what is the name of the fragile Southern belle who comes to stay with her sister in New Orleans?

Published in 1925, which classic American novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald explores themes of decadence, idealism, and the hollow nature of the American Dream?

What is the name of the meticulous, mustache-twirling Belgian detective created by British author Agatha Christie?

Who is the author of 'The Catcher in the Rye'?

Which 1958 novel by Chinua Achebe is a foundational work of modern African literature, depicting the clash between Igbo culture and British colonialism?

Which Sophocles play is the primary example of a tragedy involving 'fate' and the concept of a self-fulfilling prophecy?

In Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World,' what is the name of the drug used by the World State to maintain social stability and happiness?

Set in a genetically engineered futuristic World State, who is the author of the landmark 1932 dystopian novel "Brave New World"?

Who wrote 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'?

Published anonymously in 1818, who authored the groundbreaking Gothic novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus"?

Who wrote 'The Odyssey'?

Who wrote 'The Alchemist'?

Who is the author of '1984'?

Who wrote the national anthem of the USA?

Who wrote 'Frankenstein'?

Which Fyodor Dostoevsky novel tells the story of Rodion Raskolnikov, who commits a murder to test his theory of being an 'extraordinary' man?

Who wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'?